SS Taroona
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SS Taroona was built in Linthouse, Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons for Tasmanian Steamers, Australia. She was a steam turbine ship capable of 18 knots, but typically operated at 16 knots for better fuel economy.
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Taroona, c. 1951 | |
History | |
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Australia | |
Name | Taroona |
Namesake | Taroona, Tasmania |
Owner | Tasmanian Steamers |
Builder | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
Yard number | 543 |
Launched | 22 November 1934 |
Completed | January 1935 |
Out of service | 1959 |
Greece | |
Name | Hellas |
Namesake | Hellas (Greece) |
Owner | Typaldos Lines |
Port of registry | Piraeus |
Acquired | 1959 |
Identification | IMO number: 5147011 |
Fate | Scrapped at Aliağa in 1989. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 4325 grt |
Length | 354 feet 7 inches (108.08 m) |
Beam | 50 feet 1 inch (15.27 m) |
Draught | 15 feet 1 inch (4.60 m) |
Propulsion | 6 steam turbines single reduction geared to 2 screw shafts 6000shp. 3 water tube boilers fitted to burn oil |
Speed | 16 knots, top speed 18 knots |
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